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Five Unicorn Scaleup Strategies

Leapfrogging

He’s the author of numerous books and an expert on how lean principles can be used to drive innovation. His latest book, What a Unicorn Knows , is available on Amazon and reveals the secrets to building high growth startups. Here’s a Q&A with Matt that highlights the key points in the book.

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Drilling Into Lean UX

Boxes and Arrows

Overall I found Lean UX to be an incredibly insightful and helpful compilation of principles and suggestions for practice/improving process and collaboration as outlined in my review of the book. I’m sure you are quite aware that there are some pretty large software projects out there, though.

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An Answer to the Pains of Integrating Agile and UX

Boxes and Arrows

It tied in quite nicely with the book I’m reviewing here. “Microiteration” is a term I coined at Infragistics—it is extremely timely iteration within a sprint where you work hand-in-hand with devs to review stuff right as they build it, provide feedback, and iterate. Enter the book.

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Blending Metrics and Empathy with Design Thinking: The New Paradigm in Leadership

Tullio Siragusa

For example, a metrics-driven leader may set a specific revenue growth target, track sales data weekly, and consistently review performance metrics to rally the team to hit established goals. In our data-driven age, there’s a temptation to lean heavily into quantifiable metrics, placing paramount importance on tangible outcomes.

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Frequently Asked Questions about Design Thinking

InnovationTraining.org

We then reviewed them to see that the answer summaries made sense. What is the difference between design thinking and Lean UX? Reading books and articles: There are many books and articles available on design thinking that can provide an introduction to the concept and its key principles.

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Development Opportunities for Supervisors: Top 12 Resources & Tools

CMOE

Fortunately, there are development opportunities for supervisors you can lean on. In her book, Reality-Based Leadership , training expert Cy Wakeman discusses how workplace leaders can build a results-oriented culture driven by innovation and engagement—not drama. 12 Supervisor Resources & Tools. Guiding the work.

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Embracing a Continuous Improvement Practice for Effective Ideation

Planview

People who apply a practice to their work—a design thinking practice or a lean practice, for example—talk about being on a journey. lean on occasion, Six Sigma less frequently). Practitioner communities at times identify people who are far along in their journey as “black belts” or “sensei.” Or, they will thrash.